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TEACHER VOICE: How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding

The Hechinger Report

When I was 8 years old, my father began teaching me a programming language called BASIC, using an Epson QX10 computer. I am passing the torch that was unknowingly passed to me back in 1983, when my father taught an 8-year-old girl how to code.”. Boy using a tablet. Photo: Jamel Toppin/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire. PLYMOUTH, Mass.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. –Remi Del Mar, Senior Product Manager for K-12 Projectors, Epson America, Inc. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. –Adam Geller, Founder and CEO, Edthena.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

eSchool News

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. –Remi Del Mar, Senior Product Manager for K-12 Projectors, Epson America, Inc. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. –Adam Geller, Founder and CEO, Edthena.

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